{"product_id":"instead-of-a-letter-9781681376134","title":"Instead of a Letter","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting memoir about betrayed love, loss, and finding redemption and purpose in creative work.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiana Athill's childhood in the Norfolk countryside was idyllic. At the age of fifteen, she fell in love with a young undergraduate. They became engaged and traveled to Oxford. Then everything fell apart in the cruelest possible way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this classic modern memoir, Athill dissects the terrible consequences of loss and her struggle to rebuild a personality destroyed by sadness. Yet for all its unhappiness, \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e remains a story of hope, written with the frank intelligence and lack of self-pity that have become the hallmarks of her writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681376134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Diana Athill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917375803573,"sku":"9781681376134","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9ea0dd42-61fa-4f0d-9ce5-d653e41c2297.jpg?v=1687283576","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/instead-of-a-letter-9781681376134","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}